Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-17
WOMAN AND HOME.
THE FRIENDSHIP AND LOVE OF A
WOMAN WORTH WINNING.
Cleanliness and It's Virtues-Rules for
Family Peace-A Woman's Good Reso-
lutions-Interior Observation-Disclosures
Kitchen Hints-Notes ard Items.

Kitchen Hints-Notes ard Items.
| Ny brother, il is said, and I believe it to
| be in many cases true that men do not read
| women readily; do not understand their real
! characters even though those characters may
! be seen by other women. Now, let me give
you an iufallible rule, one which you can
/ apply in every case and never be disappointed
ia the results. It is simply this: When you
come into the presence Of a woman whom
you are meeting for the first time note the
impression she makes on your mind If she
reminds you at once of your sex and her own
by look, word or act, let her alone, for her
influence win degrade you. She may please
your eye by her beauty, your ear by her
voice, flatter you by her words and manner,
but she VIII never be true friend to YOU.
She studies to please and expects You to
please III return. She has no thought above
present pleasure and no care for ANYTHING
but self. She viii never uplift you beyond
your present plane nor incite you TO deeds of
honor. She must live out her organization
and by suffering be made to see the true aim
Of life before she can be to you in any respect
what a woman should be to q mana guide
to draw him up, not down; q friend whom
he can safely trust and honor, and, per-
chance, even love
II, on the other hand, you meet a woman
whose presence brings no thought Of sex into
your mind, who brings out your best
thoughts and gives you hers in return,
whose manner encourages no ignoble deed or
word, who respects herself, and involuntarily
calls out your respect for her, make that
woman your friend, no matter what may be
her age or social position no matter if she
1a fao nd
not calculated to make a show in the world
Of fashion; she has a soul filed with good,
and her thoughts are the forerunners of good
deeds, and she viii prove a source of con-
slant inspiration to you that viii draw you
to higher planes OF development and tend to
make you the man you ought to be. After
spending an hour with such a woman you
leave her feeling more manly, more erect
morally and physically, and though you may
not have the thought clearly formed in your
mind, yet you are conscious that the time
spent in her company was spent wisely.
You are aware that her influence is elevating
and refining and you feel your better nature
rousing into action. You feel ashamed of
your misdeeds and wish yourself better than
you ere, and resolve to make yourself more
worthy Of her regard. Evils that you have
scarce noticed before you are hardly willing
TO tolerate, new desires awake and you
breathe for q time a new, purer atmosphere.
l. When You find a woman who produces
these or similar impressions on you, cultivate
her acquaintance; she viii do you good.
Her influence viii be ennobling, not degrad-
ing. She will never drag man down, but
raise him to higher level and bring out in
strong relief all the grand nobility of man
hood that is in him, and the strength and
purity of his highest and best gifts.
The friendship and love of woman Of this
class is worth winning, my brother; and
happy is lie who can call such a woman his
friend and doubiy blessed is he who can win
her for his life companion. Association with
her viii be on plane far above selfish pas
sion, and round out the life into harmonious
completeness that not only influences the in
diridual but all who come in contact with
him. Cor. Christian Register